Mianyang Hot Springs

Mianyang Hot Springs is a geothermal bathing destination in Mianyang City, Sichuan Province, one of China's major technology and engineering centers — home to the China Aerodynamics Research and Development Center and a major hub of China's aerospace, defense, and IT industries — set in the Sichuan Basin at the foot of the Longmen Mountains. The oligomineral thermal waters drawing on the geothermal resources of the Sichuan Basin and the adjacent tectonic zone that produced the devastating 2008 Wenchuan earthquake provide comfortable therapeutic bathing in resort facilities that serve the modern industrial city's substantial population. The surrounding landscape of the Longmen Mountain foothills, with the dramatic Jiuzhaigou and Huanglong scenic areas accessible in the mountains above, gives Mianyang a connection to some of Sichuan's most extraordinary natural heritage. Mianyang Hot Springs offers accessible urban thermal bathing in a city that represents the dynamic intersection of ancient Sichuan cultural heritage and China's contemporary technological ambitions.